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plundered and stripped him of his Cloathes … plundered and stripped him of his Cloathes and other things to the<br />
value of twenty pounds and left him almost naked, but whether<br />
the shipp the sayd denew was in belonged to subiects of the united<br />
Provinces hee knoweth not for that the sayd denew did not tell this<br />
deponent soe much neither did this deponent ask him that question./
To the 6th article hee saith hee cannot of his certayne knowledge depose<br />
any thing thereto but hath credibly heard that the shipp the ''hare in''<br />
''the ffeild'' was a dutch shipp belonging to the subiects of the states of<br />
the united provinces and was soe adiudged to bee and restored by order of<br />
this Court, and her ladeing restored to divers of the<br />
owners thereof both dutch and English who Claymed them And hath heard<br />
the sayd shipp sayling afterwards from London to Cadiz with divers<br />
of the goods soe restored in her was at Cadiz within these<br />
twelve monthes last past seized upon by the officers and subjects of the Kinge of Spaine and her goods taken out of<br />
her by them and kept and detayned from the Owners, And hee heard one<br />
harman Goris an English Merchant saye hee had goods in her at<br />
such her seizure at Cadiz which were detayned from him<br />
And further to this article hee cannot depose./
To the 7th article hee saith that hee this deponent having used<br />
the trade of merchandizing for diverse yeares knoweth that in the tyme arlate it hath bin and is<br />
usuall among Merchants to make colourable bills of ladeing<br />
for the better preservation of goods laden by them in any<br />
Country in hostility with the King of Spaine, that in case they should<br />
in their passage bee visited by any men of warr belonging to the<br />
sayd King of Spaine or his subjects, they may thereby appeare as if<br />
they were laden, and for Accompte, of such as are in Amity with<br />
the sayd King, though in reality they doe belong to those that<br />
are in hostility with him And this hee saith is a<br />
thing well knowne and commonly practised among Merchants<br />
in tymes of warr And further cannot depose
To the last hee saith his foregoing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories./ [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee cometh to testifie in this<br />
cause being required by Mr James Burkin and Joas Eversen Mer=<br />
chants of London and correspondents of the sayd Symon and Lewis<br />
Rodrigues da Souza And saith hee hath knowne the sayd Symon and Lewis<br />
by the Correspondence of the sayd Burkin and Eversen (this deponent being the sayd Burkins' servant) for about these two yeares last past and saith they<br />
live at Amsterdam and soe have done during the tyme his sayd Master the sayd Eversen had<br />
Correspondence with them, which is as aforesayd about two yeares,<br />
and how long before that they lived there, or where they lived during the<br />
tyme Interrogate hee knoweth not, and whose subjects they are hee knoweth<br />
not, and saith his this deponents Master the forenamed Mr James Burkin is<br />
theirnamed Mr James Burkin is<br />
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